Trouble seems to be creeping in the National Patriotic Party (NPP) between some executives and the Chairman, Cllr Theophilus C. Gould.

Some executive members are demanding an election of new party officials as a way of adhering to the party's constitution.

In the wake of the looming tension, two executives George S. Mulbah and James Biney of Bong and Maryland Counties respectively filed a complaint at the National Election Commission (NEC) against Cllr. Gould.

Responding to the complaint, the National Elections Commission (NEC) has cited Cllr. Gould to appear before the Board of Commissioners to answer complaint filed against him by executives of the party.

Cllr. Gould is being accused by some executive members of NPP headed by Bong and Maryland Counties Representatives George S. Mulbah and James P. Biney of violating the party's constitution.

The NPP Chairman is also being accused of refusing to hold convention to elect new officials of the party.

Cllr. Gould and the aggrieved NPP executives were cited by the NEC to a hearing Wednesday at the Commission Headquarters to ascertain as to whether Gould is in violation of the party's constitution as claimed by executives but refused to attend the hearing.

Cllr. Gould in a communication to the NEC few hours to the hearing Wednesday said he was not attending the hearing because the NPP executives did not complete the grievance procedures of the party.

He told the NEC that he wants a separate meeting with the Board of Commissioners and not along with Representatives Mulbah, Biney and others.

Speaking to legislative reporters Wednesday at the Capitol following the failed meeting, Representative George Mulbah said Cllr. Gould's leadership is running the party illegally which needs to be stopped.

Rep. Mulbah indicated that the NPP Chairman stayed away from the hearing because he has realized that his leadership was in violation of the party's constitution, which calls for the holding of elections every two years.

"Cllr. Gould cannot look into our faces and say what we are saying is wrong because he has kept people in leadership whose mandates have expired and needed to be replaced," Rep. Mulbah noted.

Rep. Mulbah indicated that executives of the former ruling party including heads of different groups have reached to a point where the right things must be done to save the image of the party

Rep. Mulbah: "We risk our lives over the years to bring this party together to get it in power; so we will not allow anybody to down play our efforts."

He clarified that their quest to have a new corps of officers for the party is not personal, but a move to respect the law.